Manoa Faculty Senate Chair's Report, January 19, 2005

Note: This is being composed on January 10 since the Chair will be
on the road from January 11 through 13.

The semester break has been fairly quiet so the Chair's report will
be fairly brief.

The SEC has worked over the break to appoint the Ad Hoc Committee
on Classified Research and Related Matters as requested by the Senate
at the December 8 meeting. The members will be announced at today's
meeting. We are still resolving some details of how the committee will
conduct its business. Neal Milner of Political Science has agreed to
serve as a facilitator for the committee.

The SEC has collated responses from the standing committees who
have been involved in consultations with the Chancellor's Office on
the pending Manoa Chancellor's Office reorganization which as of the
time of this writing (January 10) is planned for the Board of Regents
agenda for January 20. On January 7 Chancellor Englert submitted
formal responses to the report of the Committee on Administration and
Budget which the Senate "received" at December 8, 2004
meeting. The SEC has drafted a resolution for your consideration.

The Chair attended a meeting of the Coalition on Intercollegiate
Athletics on January 6 and 7 at Vanderbilt University. The purpose of
the meeting was to develop a draft position paper on Academic Integrity
in Intercollegiate Athletics which includes some proposed legislation
for NCAA consideration. The draft will be forwarded to the Committee
on Athletics for comment and recommendation of Senate action (target:
the February meeting).